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In 1956, in a small grocery store in the countryside of Gannan Province, a ragged woman was taking her child to buy candy to eat. In fact, her little money is not enough to buy sugar, but the boss is still willing to sell her a little. The woman cried out, "Thank you, thank you." ”
But suddenly, her eyes kept on staring at the old newspaper that the boss used to paste the paper bag, with a look of disbelief.
Following her gaze, it landed on a photograph in the newspaper with a line of small characters written under the photo: "Vice Premier Chen Yi receives foreign guests in Zhongnanhai."
【Photo】 Chen Yi receives foreign guests
After the woman clutched the newspaper tightly and repeatedly confirmed that the person above was Chen Yi, she suddenly cried and laughed like crazy, shouting, "Chen Yi is alive!" Chen Yi is alive! My Lang Jun, Brother Chen Yi is still alive! “
It turned out that this middle-aged woman who was embarrassed was the second wife of the founding marshal Chen Yi, Lai Yueming.
【Photo】 Lai Yueming in his later years
In 1934, after the Long March of the Red Army, the organization arranged for Chen Yi to stay in the base area to continue fighting, and Lai Yueming was responsible for returning to his hometown to fight guerrilla warfare. At this time, Chen Yi was seriously injured because of a previous battle, and Lai Yueming wanted to stay and take care of him, but he strictly refused.
Lai Yueming knew that it would be difficult to predict life and death, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to see each other again, so he directly picked up the pistol and pointed it at himself in sorrow, and said to Chen Yi with tears: "If you don't shoot me now, otherwise I will never leave!" Chen Yi also felt his wife's infatuation, but the decision of the organization was more important, so he snatched the gun and still said goodbye to Lai Yueming in tears.
I just don't want this parting to become a farewell forever.
【Photo】 Marshal Chen Yi
Two years later, Chen Yi returned to Xingguo, which was Lai Yueming's hometown that year, and entrusted many parties to inquire about Lai Yueming's news. What he got was bad news, saying that Lai Yueming had committed suicide by jumping off a cliff to avoid persecution. After learning the news, Chen Yi was sad and wrote the poem "Xingguo Hostel" to commemorate Lai Yueming. Shi Yun: "I am still left with a difficult battle, and Amun is ashamed of his old feelings." “
The two couples missed this and later formed a new family.
【Photo】 Chen Yi
Until 1959, lai Yueming learned about Chen Yi by chance. She wanted to go to Beijing to find Chen Yi, but under the obstruction of her husband and daughter, she was unable to do so. In this way, until Chen Yi died, he did not know the news that Lai Yueming was still alive. In 1972, Lai Yueming learned from the radio that Chen Yi had died, and she burst into tears, and she could not cry when she heard the song "Xingguo Hostel" recited in it.
However, everything between yin and yang was not made public until more than a decade after Chen Yi's death, in 1989, when Lai Yueming was interviewed by the media. The world knows that she is the heroine of "Xingguo Hostel".
In the war-torn era, it is rare to have a moment of peace. Heroes and sons and daughters sacrificed their lives to go to the country, and they regarded death as a sudden return. The happy marriage of a pair of Bi people has also become a permanent regret because of the grief of the times. For fifty years, they have been in the same world, but they are separated from each other, and they will never see each other, and they will not even know whether the other party is still alive. It is really a sigh of relief, and it also makes us understand that because we are more grateful and cherished, generations of martyrs have thrown their heads and spilled their blood, and generations of national backbones have been sleeping at night and painstakingly building a prosperous power. It is precisely under this prosperous and powerful country that we can enjoy a peaceful and stable happy life today.
Text | Green Oak
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